Ammo and I have made our way back from Melbourne and the excellent GABS festival. If you follow us on Instagram, you would’ve kept up with the tasting action (44 samples over two sessions plus another nineteen beers at other venues), although you would have also needed the guide to the event to decipher the updates. I was too excited to take the time to write ten beers’ names out in full, so apologies for that but the good news is that we have plenty of stuff, including visits to two Pint of Origin venues and a microbrewery microtour, to share over the coming weeks so stay tuned.

Despite spending half a week away, I still managed to keep up with my beer reading: